chop up
phrasal verb
chopped up; chopping up; chops up
: to cut (something) into small pieces
She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.
He chopped the onion up for the stew.
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Healthy plants can be chopped up and added to the compost pile.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Dexter chopped up Prater's body and cleaned up all evidence of that kill, took all the photos and files about the Bay Harbor Butcher from the vault along with his blood slide collection, but left Batista's body.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
What follows is a little like a black-comedy riff on a scene from Breaking Bad or Dexter as the duo chop up the corpse of the Peacemaker doppelganger to cover up the accidental killing.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The first floor of the building will either be chopped up into smaller units or reserved for a single tenant, depending on interest.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Dexter chopped up Prater's body and cleaned up all evidence of that kill, took all the photos and files about the Bay Harbor Butcher from the vault along with his blood slide collection, but left Batista's body.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
What follows is a little like a black-comedy riff on a scene from Breaking Bad or Dexter as the duo chop up the corpse of the Peacemaker doppelganger to cover up the accidental killing.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The first floor of the building will either be chopped up into smaller units or reserved for a single tenant, depending on interest.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chop up
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“Chop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20up. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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